Lyrics Wreck of the old' 97 - Johnny Cash
Well
they
gave
him
his
orders
at
Monroe
Virginia
sayin'
Steve
you're
way
behind
time
This
is
not
38
this
is
old
97
you
must
put
her
into
Spencer
on
time
Then
he
turned
around
and
said
to
his
black
greasy
fireman
shovel
on
a
little
more
coal
And
when
we
cross
that
White
Oak
Mountain
watch
old
97
roll
But
it's
a
mighty
rough
road
from
Lynchburg
to
Danville
With
a
line
on
a
three
mile
grade
It
was
on
that
grade
that
he
lost
his
air
brakes
see
what
a
jump
he
made
He
was
goin'
down
the
grade
makin'
90
miles
an
hour
his
whistle
broke
into
a
scream
He
was
found
in
the
wreck
with
his
hand
on
the
throttle
A
scalded
to
death
by
the
steam
Then
the
telegram
come
to
Washington
station
and
this
is
how
it
read
Oh
that
brave
engineer
that
run
old
97
he's
a
layin'
in
old
Danville
dead
So
now
all
you
ladies
you
better
take
a
warnin'
from
this
time
on
and
learn
Never
speak
harsh
words
to
your
true
lovin'
husband
He
may
leave
you
and
never
return
1 Amen
2 When He Reached Down His Hand for Me
3 Narration 5
4 Narration 4
5 Narration 3
6 Narration 2
7 Narration 1
8 Broken Hearted Lover
9 Worried Man Blues
10 Will the Circle Be Unbroken
11 When the Roses Bloom Again
12 My Clinch Mountain Home
13 Lonesome Valley
14 Keep on the Sunny Side
15 Gathering Flowers From the Hillside
16 I Ride an Old Paint
17 It Ain’t Me Babe
18 When It’s Springtime in Alaska (It’s Forty Below)
19 Fast Boat to Sydney
20 It Ain’t Me Babe
21 He’ll Understand and Say Well Done
22 Tell Him I’m Gone
23 Why Do You Punish Me
24 Are All the Children In
25 The Shifting, Whispering Sands, Part 1
26 I’d Still Be There
27 Please Don’t Play Red River Valley
28 The Singing Star’s Queen
29 I’m Free From the Chain Gang Now
30 Don’t Think Twice, It's Alright
31 Mama, You’ve Been on My Mind
32 For Lovin’ Me
33 I’d Just Be Fool Enough (To Fall)
34 I’m Working on a Building
35 The Banks of the Ohio
36 The Wabash Cannonball
37 Brown Eyes
38 You Wild Colorado
39 Understand Your Man
40 The Vanishing Race
41 The Talking Leaves
42 Take Me Home
43 Still in Town
44 Nine Pound Hammer
45 Mean as Hell
46 Here Was a Man
47 Everybody Loves a Nut
48 White Girl
49 We Are the Shepherds
50 Wabash Cannonball
51 Roughneck
52 Lost on the Desert
53 Drums
54 Custer
55 Boa Constrictor
56 Apache Tears
57 Accidentally on Purpose
58 Joe Bean
59 Happy to Be With You
60 Cup of Coffee
61 In the Jailhouse Now
62 The Shifting, Whispering Sands, Part 2
63 It Was Jesus
64 ’Cause I Love You (instrumental)
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